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More Playing, Less Working, Please!

Posted on February 16, 2016 by Cynthia M Clingan

One of the neat things that is starting to really come into focus as a result of my own healing through Somatic Experiencing the last couple of years is the dilemma about productivity. Lots of things are coming into clearer … Continue reading →

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My SE Experience: Part 4

Posted on July 25, 2015 by Cynthia M Clingan

I this series (Part 1, Part 2, Part 3), I’ve been relating my continuing experience of personal transformation through Somatic Experiencing (SE). It’s been a little over 2 years since I learned about SE and started using it with clients, … Continue reading →

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My SE Experience: Part 3

Posted on June 23, 2015 by Cynthia M Clingan

As my personal work and my work with clients in Somatic Experiencing continues, the significant and dramatic changes also continue to amaze me (also see Part 1 and Part 2). This work includes not only addressing things we might commonly refer to … Continue reading →

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My SE Experience: Part 2 (Slow Down to Speed Up)

Posted on March 15, 2015 by Cynthia M Clingan

In the previous post (Part 1), I talked about what it’s like to have completed a significant amount of Somatic Experiencing (SE) work. There’s much less constriction, more freedom of movement physically and in the mind, and less energy output … Continue reading →

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My SE Experience: Part 1

Posted on December 31, 2014 by Cynthia M Clingan

Some time ago I promised to write about what I have noticed in terms of improvements resulting from my personal work with Somatic Experiencing. There are so many changes that I think I just got stuck trying to figure out … Continue reading →

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The Rewards of Somatic Experiencing

Posted on October 29, 2014 by Cynthia M Clingan

I’ve been trying to figure out how to explain the changes I notice in myself and in others as a result of somatic experiencing work. It’s difficult to convey the changes because many are visceral, felt sensations: no more perpetual … Continue reading →

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Simple SE You Can Use Right Away

Posted on October 1, 2014 by Cynthia M Clingan

Think of a time when you experienced joy in relationship with another, or a time when you made a significant accomplishment or achievement. As you remember that time, perhaps complete with an image of the moment when you felt the … Continue reading →

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What is Somatic Experiencing?, Cont’d

Posted on September 7, 2014 by Cynthia M Clingan

In the last post, I gave a very brief, general overview of Somatic Experiencing, and in this post, I wanted to give you a bit more detail about what it looks like. Somatic Experiencing is a term used to describe … Continue reading →

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Flip Your What IF

Posted on July 11, 2014 by Cynthia M Clingan

I so often hear about the suffering created and endured when someone continually asks “what if”…as in: What if it all goes wrong? What if I had done it differently? What if I don’t make the right choice? We all do this, … Continue reading →

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All Techniques Eventually Fail…

Posted on June 26, 2014 by Cynthia M Clingan

I often talk in the meditation classes I teach on Monday evenings about the importance of discovering your true identity. This is a rather abstract subject for a beginner’s class, but I talk about it anyway because eventually, like all techniques, mindfulness … Continue reading →

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